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    Need high fatigue life alternative to ABS

    Thanks for the recs - I have used Delrin in an older design and we did have some breakage, which is why I stayed away from it. Looking back the breakage was more from impact, and if you hit anything hard enough I suppose you can break it. The fatigue failures I am seeing now are driving me...
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    Need high fatigue life alternative to ABS

    Hello, I am looking for recommendations for an alternative to our current ABS material that is failing due to fatigue. Our current part is failing in the field after 3-6 months of use. The failure is a fatigue failure near the pivot pin of a trigger. The surface shows typical clamshell patern...

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